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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Secure Connected Places: Cyber Security Playbook launched

National Cyber Advisory Board meets at CyberUK 2023

Millions more homes benefiting from better broadband

Citizens Advice - One million lose broadband access as cost-of-living crisis bites

Ofwat award farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables in latest innovation competition

Social media analysis disrupts Russian digital narratives

Future of Computing for Defence: bringing together the top minds

How the UK can become a science and tech superpower

APM Project Management Conference 8 June 2023, The Vox, Birmingham

To succeed in a world of increasing uncertainty and complexity, we must change the way we work. Join us on Thursday 8 June at the APM Conference 2023 in Birmingham, to explore the ways that the profession must navigate change changing, so we can contribute to a cleaner, safer, more prosperous and inclusive society.

You'll learn the tools and skills needed to address the strategic, cultural, and operational barriers to drive positive change. Because when projects succeed, society benefits.

Attendees will have a range of sessions to choose from across two streams, one on 'Future Lives and Landscapes' and the other on 'Change Challenges - Tools and Techniques'. Discussions will be around the changing environment for project leadership and delivery.

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Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

NHS rolls out new ‘lifeline’ combination therapy for hundreds of women with womb cancer

New survey of public health shows strong link between poor health and loneliness: statistical press release

Taskforce to transform older people's housing underway

May 17th is IDAHOBIT: International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia

Housing First beyond homelessness: why other sectors must be involved

Government invites views on tackling major conditions in England

Guidance to support digital transformation of social care

NHS Confederation - Despite immense challenges, figures show how far the NHS has come

Health Minister responds to latest NHS performance data

New Ofcom study explores how media literacy can support mental health

IPPR - More people are now out of work due to ill health than any other time since records began

Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS NEED YOUR VOTE TO WIN UP TO £70,000 OF NATIONAL LOTTERY FUNDING

Top UK labs to receive new equipment and upgraded facilities from £103 million government fund

CIPD - Fundamental dynamics of the post-pandemic labour market remain the same, with strong demand for staff but limited candidates

Additional funding for research on diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks

Enforcement capacity bolstered with £11m funding increase

Funding boost for night shelters

Don’t miss out on a tax refund for work expenses, HMRC urges

New funding for farmers to protect the English landscape

A little help from my friends: Befriending charity among Scottish youth groups benefitting from £1.2 million Young Start funding

£250,000 of National Lottery funding awarded to bring London’s communities together

Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Sustainability of local journalism: CMS Committee publishes Government response

Guidance to help make leisure facilities safer for women and girls

Working people “pushed to breaking point”, says TUC

ICO takes action against both Plymouth City Council and Norfolk County Council for failing to respond to information access requests

England moves to fourth in international rankings for reading

£173 million investment in hundreds of new homes for UK Armed Forces families

The cost of capital: striking a fair balance for customers and companies

A new job can be scary, talking about your anxiety shouldn’t be

Statement from the Solicitor General on Thomas Cashman

Revealed – NWC Research and Innovation Awards shortlist

SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

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